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Status of Women committee  They're very much based on the core values from Treasury Board. They set them and we implement them. The tailoring for us comes more in how they're applied to our unique situation—

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Pat Langan-Torell

Status of Women committee  —though we have added stewardship, I think.

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Pat Langan-Torell

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Pat Langan-Torell

Status of Women committee  That's a big one. Diversity is found across the country. It practically defines Canada.

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Pat Langan-Torell

Status of Women committee  Actually since 2005, on average 2,000 people a year have received some form of training, either in prevention, in sensitization, or in what their rights are. That has been at headquarters, across Canada, and abroad.

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Pat Langan-Torell

Status of Women committee  We have roughly 10,000.

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Pat Langan-Torell

Status of Women committee  Well, we have quite a rotation as well. I think the approach has evolved since 2005, and the focus is now probably far more on prevention and sensitization to appropriate behaviours and respect in the workplace. It's not that it didn't exist before, but I think it has been far more focused in the last few years.

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Pat Langan-Torell

Status of Women committee  Absolutely. We're very lucky in our department. The leadership is very clear on this issue.

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Pat Langan-Torell

Status of Women committee  Certainly with us, I could say as a department writ large, it informs a lot of the policy that will develop. Certainly we learn from different cultures and from people serving abroad. I think that's a huge benefit. One of the things they treasure the most about their service abroad is that they can absorb—

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Pat Langan-Torell

Status of Women committee  I think Madam Doyon expressed it perfectly. I would say it's exactly the approach we are taking. Prevention is key, and sensitization to those issues, and that spirit of openness so that people feel they can come forward. Even if it's not directed at them, they feel that they can consult and see if anything can be done.

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Pat Langan-Torell

Status of Women committee  I don't. I'm sorry, I wish I did. The numbers must be quite high, actually.

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Pat Langan-Torell

Status of Women committee  We will, yes.

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Pat Langan-Torell

Status of Women committee  They are not. Everything is by the Canadian standard in a Canadian mission. Our definition of sexual harassment is what....

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Pat Langan-Torell

Status of Women committee  I can attempt to answer.

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Pat Langan-Torell

Status of Women committee  As you said, our environment is unique. It's absolutely fundamental to the system's working properly that each of our missions works properly, and fundamental to that is having all employees engaged and fully respected for the work they do. When we send our diplomats out to a post, they have to be cognizant of what the differences are wherever they're going in the world.

November 29th, 2012Committee meeting

Pat Langan-Torell